People call him a cultural researcher, a translator, a journalist, a “culture importer and exporter”, and a bridge between Vietnamese and other cultures. However, for many foreigners, he is simply known as Mr. Huu Ngoc, a “must-see address” when they visit Vietnam.

The information and telecommunication ministry today announced the withdrawal of licence of the Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) online newspaper's website, www.nguoicaotuoi.org.vn, and its editor-in-chief's journalist card.

Peter Greste, the Al Jazeera journalist freed after more than a year in an Egyptian prison, arrived back in his Australian homeland on Thursday and called for the release of two colleagues still in custody.

"It was an unforgivable, outrageous act. I strongly condemn it," Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in parliament hours after the militants released a video purportedly showing the 26-year-old pilot being burned alive in a cage.

Egypt has freed and deported Australian journalist Peter Greste after more than 400 days following a global outcry over his jailing on charges of backing the Muslim Brotherhood, but two colleagues remained in prison.

Japan must work with the international community to fight terrorism and boost ways to ensure the safety of its people, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday, a day after Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a Japanese journalist.